Chloroplast translation is essential for cellular viability and plant development. Its positioning
at the intersection of organellar RNA and protein metabolism makes it a unique point for the …

In recent years many advances have been made to obtain insight into chloroplast
biogenesis and development. In plants several plastids types exist such as the proplastid …

Chloroplasts (plastids) possess a genome and their own machinery to express it. Translation
in plastids occurs on bacterial-type 70S ribosomes utilizing a set of tRNAs that is entirely …

Color mutation is a common, easily identifiable phenomenon in higher plants. Color
mutations usually affect the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, resulting in poor growth and …

Since its endosymbiotic beginning, the chloroplast has become fully integrated into the
biology of the host eukaryotic cell. The exchange of genetic information from the chloroplast …

The chloroplast is essential for photosynthesis and the production of hormones and
metabolites. As a consequence, its biogenesis and development needs to be coordinated …

Rapid and uniform seed germination is a crucial prerequisite for crop establishment and
high yield levels in crop production. A disclosure of genetic factors contributing to adequate …

Chloroplast development is usually regarded as proceeding from proplastids. However,
direct or indirect conversion pathways have been described in the literature, the latter …

Plastid signals are among the most potent regulators of genes that encode proteins active in
photosynthesis. Plastid signals help coordinate the expression of the nuclear and …

Low temperature is one of the important environmental changes that affect plant growth and
agricultural production. To investigate the responses of rice to cold stress, changes in …